Crews work in heat to battle hay bales on fire off of Dejarnette

1:58 PM,
Jun. 22, 2013

Firefighters struggle against the heat to put out a hay fire off of DeJarnette Lane today.

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Several Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue Department units, including Districts 6 and 8 and Rescue 2, along with two Rutherford County Fire and Rescue brush trucks have been battling 12-15 hay bales on fire off of Dejarnette Lane since 8:50 this morning.

Crews arrived to find heavy white smoke and smoldering flames coming from the bales and immediately began trying to extinguish as much of the flames as possible.

According to Acting Shift Commander Mark McCluskey, the landowner, J.D. Spain, is now on the scene with his tractor, separating the bales. "After Mr. ...